Body and fender tool



May 25, 1943. J. GOLNICK BODY AND FENDER TOOL Filed May 28, 1941 Zmnentor 7 John Golnick a vehicle fender or the like.

Patented May 25, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a body and fender tool adapted for use in straightening kinks or den-ts formed in a metal vehicle body or fender or other similar material, in the straightening of which it is necessary to have access to opposite sides of the body. Particularly in fender work it is difficult to reach the opposite sides of the body and the present tool forms an easy and effective means whereby a blow may be delivered in an inaccessible place to one side of a. body and the body itself bucked at the same location from the opposite side.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tool of this class which will be simple in structure, economical of manufacture, durable, compact, light and easily and quickly operated.

Another object of the invention is the provision in a tool of this class embodying a yoke for embracing a body to be acted upon and provided on one of the legs of the yoke with a movable contact member and on the opposite end with an abutment or "bucking" member.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of. the invention with a part broken away and a part shown in section.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fi 1.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated the invention applied to a curved body 9 of material resembling In the invention I provide a frame which is of yoke-like construction having oppositely disposed legs Ill and II. This frame is preferably formed from tubular material. The leg I is cut away as at I2 to provide the extension I3 which is embraced by the semi-circular extension ll of the slightly larger tubular gripping portion l5 which is provided with perforations [6. The portion H is pivoted on the pivot pin I! to the leg i0. Projected through the portions l4 and I3 is a. bolt I8 011 which is positioned a coil spring l9 engaging at its lower end the nut 20 and at its upper end the lower face of the extension l3, the head 2| of the bolt engaging the outer face of the extension ll so that a tilting upwardly of the member I! relatively to the leg I 0 is resisted by the coil spring l9.

A plate-like head 22 is carried by the end of the member l5 which is angularly turned as at 23. This plate-like head is provided with a central opening 24 and forms an anvil.

A bracket 25 is carried by the end of the leg l0 and slid-ably projected through this bracket is 'a contact stud 26 having a. driving head 21 formed thereon. Mounted on the stud 26 is a collar 28 which engages one end of a coil spring 29, the other end engaging the inwardly turned end of the bracket 25. The. function of the coil spring 29 is to resist longitudinal movement of the stud 26 inrne direction and maintain the end thereof projected through the opening 2! formed in the anvil plate 22.

In use the portion l5 may be rocked into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 1 so that the stud 26 is no longer projecting through the opening 2i. The structure may then be positioned on the workpiece 9 with the anvil plate 22 at one side thereof and the stud 26 at the other side. By delivering blows to the head =21 the stud will serve to straighten out bends and dinges which may be formed in the workpiece 9. Ex-

perience has shown that the structure is quite efllcient in use. making it possiblefor even an unskilled artisan to very quickly and easily bump out dents and the like from sheet metal, etc. Due to the shape of the structure it i very easy to insert the operating parts at locations which are not easily accessible, thus relieving the operaim of the necessity of removing parts in order to reach the dented or dinged structure which it is desired to bump out or straighten.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as may come within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim as new is:

,A tool of the class described, comprising: a substantially yoke-shaped body having a pair of oppositely disposed, spaced apart legs, one of said legs being longer than the other, and in fixed relation thereto; a non-flexible section swingably mounted at one of its ends on the shorter of said legs intermediate its ends and overlying said shorter leg and projecting outwardly beyond the end thereof. and forming an extension thereof 1 an anvil plate on the end of said section and having an opening formed therein; a contact stud slidably carried on the longer of said legs and extending in alignment with the opening in said anvil plate; spring means embracing said stud and normally urging it into said opening; resilient means engaging the shorter of said legs: and means carried by said extension and the shorter leg and engaging said resilient means for normally resisting swlngable movement of said extension on its mountings.

JOHN GOLNICK. 

